These days, Gu Yanbai has been taking care of the children the most.
At first, she was worried that he, a grown man, would be too clumsy.
What if I accidentally drop the child?
But after observing them for the past few days, it's clear they've been taking good care of them.
He also said with a smug look that he practically raised Gu Yanliu from scratch.
This thing is something you get used to after a few tries.
Although it's been many years since I last did it, it's easy to regain the feel for it after a few more practices.
Appreciating his hard work these past few days, Su Nianxue also praised him a few times.
As a result, they took even better care of the mother and daughter.
"Hongxing, you'll be almost there too, won't you?" she asked, looking at his big belly.
"Yes, it's been eight months already. It'll be much easier in a little over a month," Yang Hongxing smiled.
"Okay, I'll go to the hospital to cheer you on when you give birth."
"Okay, you don't know, I'm actually a little nervous." She wasn't very close to her family. Since she got married, she almost never went back to her family home unless absolutely necessary.
In their parents' eyes, there were only their older and younger brothers; their daughters were not important at all.
The reason he forced her to marry Zhou Mingjie was partly for the sake of saving face.
After that incident, my parents felt ashamed and were afraid of gossip that would damage the family's reputation.
Secondly, it was also to help my second brother find a wife.
Her second brother has been dating someone for several years, but unfortunately, his family is poor and can't afford a dowry.
This matter was delayed for a long time, and my parents were getting very anxious.
Now that she's gotten into that mess, they might as well go with the flow and marry her off to Zhou Mingjie.
It was only later that they learned that Zhou Mingjie's family knew he was rich and had asked him for a full thousand yuan as a bride price.
Moreover, he didn't give her any return gift.
Of course, she only asked these questions after her relationship with Zhou Mingjie improved.
She finally understood why her family always seemed to fawn over Zhou Mingjie.
Having taken so much money from others, if you can't stand up straight, shouldn't you try to please them?
Since learning about these things, she has become even more distant from her family.
Therefore, even when she was pregnant, she almost never went back to her parents' home.
Most of the time, he was with Su Nianxue.
As we were talking, the child started crying, his loud voice making the whole room buzz.
Yang Hongxing laughed and said, "This girl has a really loud voice; you can tell she has a good lung capacity just by listening to it."
"Yes, she's not a crybaby, but when she does cry, it's astonishing." Su Nianxue picked up the child and patted her little body.
Perhaps sensing her mother's presence, the child quickly stopped crying.
"This girl is really easy to take care of." There are many brothers and sisters in her family, and Yang Tianbao practically grew up on her back.
Therefore, she has her own methods for taking care of children.
Outside, Zhou Mingjie watched Gu Yanbai skillfully packing the child's things, first clicking his tongue twice, then shaking his head with a smile.
Gu Yanbai wasn't going to let him get away with it and kicked him. "What are you laughing at? If you keep being sarcastic, don't come to my house again."
Zhou Mingjie nimbly dodged by stepping back with both legs. "Gu Yanbai, why are you so petty? I didn't say anything, did I?"
"Your legs are recovering quite well."
"That's right, my wife has been taking very good care of me these days."
"You make me soup every day, do you think I've gained weight?" Zhou Mingjie said with a smug look on his face.
Not satisfied with that, she brought her face closer to Gu Yanbai.
"Get out of my way, don't delay my work. You look like a shoehorn, what's so good-looking about you?"
Seeing his smug look, he couldn't help but kick him again.
"Gu Yanbai, I won't refute anything else you want to say."
"But if you think my face isn't good-looking, I'll be a hundred percent not happy." Zhou Mingjie said with a cigarette dangling from his mouth and a roguish grin.
"What? You're planning to make a living off your looks?"
"What's the use of a man's good looks if he's not handsome? Do you want to go to a beauty pageant?" It's getting more and more unbearable to look at.
"Do you talk to your wife like that too?" he asked purely out of curiosity.
The two had known each other for many years, and he knew better than anyone how bad this person's temper was.
I have absolutely no patience. In the past, if we disagreed on anything, I would definitely start cursing.
But look at them now, they're already folding diapers for their kids.
Wow, look how well that handicraft is done! It's folded so neatly and squarely.
If you didn't know better, you'd think it was some very expensive material!
He said it's just a diaper, why fold it so neatly? It'll just be unfolded when you need to use it anyway.
Once it's washed clean, you can just throw it there, right?
She's getting more and more effeminate!
Of course, he wouldn't dare say that; he wanted to live a few more years.
"Is it any of your business?"
You're a grown man, why do you talk like a woman, so chattering?
From now on, please don't pry into our family affairs, okay?
"If you really have nothing better to do, then you should go and visit the county!" Gu Yanbai glanced at him sideways.
"You don't need to worry about this. Just stay home and take good care of your wife and my niece."
"Leave the business to me, I know what I'm doing." Zhou Mingjie's expression immediately turned serious when the topic turned to business.
He used to be a bachelor, and he was single and never had to worry about anyone else.
But things are different now. He got married and is about to become a father.
He also has to work hard to earn money to support his family, so he can't be careless about business matters at all.
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Several days passed in a row, and the little baby who was rosy-cheeked when he was born has now grown up.
She's become much fairer and looks more refined.
Gu Yanbai picked up the child and shook him. "Look, doesn't he look much better now? You don't want to throw him away so much anymore, do you?"
"I didn't say it looked bad, and... I didn't say I was going to throw it away!"
"Yes, you just said she looks like me, and that I'm ugly and that I'm dragging our daughter down." Gu Yanbai ruthlessly exposed her.
"I...I've forgotten. It's been so long, how do you still remember? You're so petty." Su Nianxue said somewhat guiltily.
"Daughter, your mom says we're petty!"
Quite fittingly, the child burst into tears.
"Look at you, making such a loud noise, you woke the baby up." She took the baby from his arms and gave him a sidelong glance.
Gu Yanbai...
"Su Nianxue, I've noticed that you're becoming more and more unreasonable these days."
I didn't wake her up; she was clearly hungry.
"They even said I have a loud voice! I've been so afraid of disturbing this little darling these past few days, I'm practically walking on tiptoe."
Su Nianxue chuckled lightly, "Still standing on your tiptoes? Then show me how!"
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